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C..' HAMILTON. Shoe Brush and Case.

'Patented Jan! 1, 1867.

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CHARLES HAMILTON, or NEW YORK, N. r. Letters Patent No. 60,886, dated January ,1, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HAMILTON, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and improved combination of :1. Boot and Shoe Blacking Brush, polishing brush, blacking box and case; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description, to wit:

My invention consists of a case containing a blacking brush, polishing brush, and box of blacking, manufactured and combined in the manner hereinafter described.

Figure No. 1, in the accompanying drawings, represents the polishing brush. In the block of this brush there is a groove running parallel with the brush, beneath the surface of the wood, of suificient length, width,

and depth toreeeive the handle of the blacking brush hereinafter described. The formation of this groove is arranged in the following manner, as being the most simple and economical: The block of the-brush is formed of three layers of wood, the first being that to which the bristles are attached, Figure No. 4 in drawings; the second or middle layer has a strip cut from its centre and running nearly its entire length, as shown in Figure No 3 of the drawings, the void caused by the cutting out of this strip forming, when the third or top layer, Figure No. 5, is added, the groove before alluded to. The three layers of the block and bristles, when attached together, form the brush represented by fig. No. 1. Figure No. 2, in the drawings represents the blacking brush, in which that part marked A isthe handle before mentioned. The formation of the block of this brush is similar to that of the polishing brush. It is made of three layers of wood, the first being that to which the bristles are attached, as shown in Figure No. 6, the second or middle layer having a strip cut from it as shown in Figure No. 7, of suiiicient size to contain one end of the piece of wood represented by Figure No. 8, which when fastened in its place by the third layer of wood, represented by Figure No. 9, being added, forms the handle of the blacking brush. I adopt this plan as being the most economical one, though there are several other ways of forming the handle of the blaeking brush to make it answer the same purpose. One is to make the block of one piece of wood instead of three pieces, and to cut the handle out of the body of the block; another is to have the handle and blocks of both brushes of cast iron. When the polishing brush and the blacking brush are connected by the handle of the latter being slid into the groove formed in the block of the polishing brush, they occupy the space and have the appearance of one ordinary brush. The box ofblacking is deposited in the space vacant between the bristles of the polishing brush and those of the blacking brush, as shown in Figure No. 12, in which A is the blacking box. The case is made to exactly fit the hush, e., the two brushes when attached together,) so that the block of 'thebrush, the edges of which are slightly bevelled, may by a slight pressure of the hand he forced into the case and be made to hold firmly. The case is represented by Figure No. 10 in the drawings. It may be made of wood or metal, or partially of each. Figure No. 11 represents the case with the-brushes and box of blaclring enclosed. The blocks of the brushes when in this position form the lid to the case.

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I claim the combination of a boot and shoe blacking brush, polishing brush, blacking box and case, constructed and arranged in the manner herein substantially set forth and described.

CHAS. HAMILTON.

Witnesses: I I

HENRY S. MAenAw,

(J. F. Jonas. 

